These rotten bastards have not been particularly cautious about expressing their outright solidarity-of-convenience with Al Qaeda in the past. Once in a while a particularly nasty little thought like this -- "I hope Al Qaeda kills you, because you are my political opponent" -- will slip past the internal editor and wind up on C-SPAN. You can't have hatred bubbling in your stomach every minute of every day without vomiting some of it up from time to time.

He meant exactly what he seemed to mean. For these bastards, Al Qaeda is not the enemy; only Americans who stand between themselves and political power are. In some situations, Al Qaeda is a genuine ally in the real war.

Update: As that ran a little hot, I thought I'd put up a positive, comforting image to remind us all of our better selves.